Title :
Spatial modulation instability driven by light-enhanced nonlinearities in semiconductor CdZnTe:V crystals
Author :
Shwartz, Sharon ; Segev, Mordechai ; Zolotoyabko, Emil ; El-Hanany, Uri
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We present the observation of spatial-modulation-instability in CdZeTe:V, where the nonlinearities are greatly enhanced by light. We find that the index-change is composed of a huge (~0.01) uniform component and a 20-times smaller periodic component.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical modulation; photorefractive materials; vanadium; zinc compounds; CdZnTe:V; light-enhanced nonlinearities; photorefractive semiconductors; semiconductor crystals; spatial modulation instability; Crystallization; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photorefractive effect; Refractive index; Semiconductor materials; 190.4420 Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; 190.5330 Photorefractive optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
